Abstract
Biomedical composites are designed materials taking advantage of the tailoring of their constituting components. For certain targeted biomedical applications, they provide improved properties that a typical metal, polymer or ceramic material alone cannot provide. This unmatchable advantage makes this class of biomaterials desirable for many biomedical applications ranging from orthopedics, dentistry, drug delivery to the frontiers such as cancer theragnostics. This chapter provides a brief review of several important aspects of biomedical composites including classifications of types of composites, matrix and reinforcement materials, interfaces and their influence on the properties, tensile and compressive mechanical properties, and examples of medical applications for composites.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Biomaterials Science |
Subtitle of host publication | An Introduction to Materials in Medicine |
Pages | 415-429 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128161371 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- 3D printing
- Biodegradable
- Biostable
- Buckling strength
- Buckling wavelength
- Classification of composites
- Composites
- Dentistry
- Fiber
- Interface
- k-mode microbuckling
- Matrix
- Non-porous
- Orthopedics
- Particle
- Porous
- Reinforcement
- Tissue engineering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)